You are a group of travel reporters who are researching and writing about a foreign city. You will gather information about your city using online sources, create a budget for your trip, and write blog entries that discuss your itinerary. Each member in your group will focus on a specific topic relating to your city: weather, food, tourism, or history. Using information you discover about your topic, you will create a podcast that will be used in your final assessment. The final project is a wikispace describing your group's city in a way that will persuade readers to visit it in the future. Be sure to discuss characteristics of the area that you discovered in your research. You must link each component of your project to your wiki; budget information, blog site, and podcasts. You should also use pictures, videos, and music that relate to the city your group researched.
The purpose of this assignment is to allow you to practice researching, writing, and speaking while working with a cooperative group to complete a real-world assignment that incoporates 21st century technology.
You are a group of travel reporters who are researching and writing about a foreign city. You will gather information about your city using online sources, create a budget for your trip, and write blog entries that discuss your itinerary. Each member in your group will focus on a specific topic relating to your city: weather, food, tourism, or history. Using information you discover about your topic, you will create a podcast that will be used in your final assessment. The final project is a wikispace describing your group's city in a way that will persuade readers to visit it in the future. Be sure to discuss characteristics of the area that you discovered in your research. You must link each component of your project to your wiki; budget information, blog site, and podcasts. You should also use pictures, videos, and music that relate to the city your group researched.
The purpose of this assignment is to allow you to practice researching, writing, and speaking while working with a cooperative group to complete a real-world assignment that incoporates 21st century technology.